Chris was worried.

He was a bit relieved to see that Sisi got over her fear as soon as they got to Planet Kids.

She loved everything Chris had planned for her birthday and loosened up enough to roam the grounds with Elaine, much to the latter’s delight. Winning Sisi’s trust and affection had become the most important thing to Elaine, and her joy was evident as Sisi seemed to warm up to her that evening as she had never before done.

Watching them, Chris smiled and tried to quell the fear he felt in the pit of his stomach because of the kidnapper’s words about Elaine.

The entertainment centre was filled with boisterous children and many adults. He did not think the assailants would attempt to snatch Sisi again so soon, but still, he kept worrying and kept looking at anybody that came near Sisi twice and with mistrust. He had planned to leave early, but Sisi was having way too much fun to cut off her joy prematurely.

Eventually, when she had her fill, they left Planet Kids and had dinner at her favourite restaurant before Chris took her to the supermarket to shop for her, once again making sure she was close to him; he never took his eyes off her.

Elaine eventually noticed it and nudged him playfully in the ribs.

“What’s up with you, Tiger?” she asked with a sweet smile. “You acting kinda clingy today.”

Chris smiled and ran a hand across her curvy butt on Sisi’s blindside.

“Man with a growing daughter, I guess,” he said simply, and Elaine giggled although there was a sudden cagey look in her eyes.

Sisi was understandably tired by the time they got home, and after showering, decided to go to bed immediately. Her unwrapped presents were stacked in her room, and she linked her arms around Chris’ neck and kissed him soundly on both cheeks.

“Thank you, Daddy!” she said sleepily. “Today’s been the best birthday ever! I’ll sleep and look at my presents tomorrow!”

“Want me to read you a bedtime story?” Chris asked lazily.

“My turn!” Elaine said quickly. “You run along, darling. Will be with you soon.

There was a seductive glint in her eyes which made Chris smile even though he was not really in the mood to make love that night. His mind was still on the attempted kidnapping of his daughter. The day could have ended miserably if those criminals had had their way. He was looking for the best way to broach the subject with Elaine and ask her why the kidnapper had mentioned her name.

Elaine watched him closely as he walked out of Sisi’s bedroom, and she sighed softly. She knew when he was worried, and he looked more than worried today, actually a bit scared, and she wondered what was happening to him. He was the calmest, sturdiest man she had ever met, and rarely let worry and fear get the better of him. Chris always played it cool and usually overcame his tribulations, so what could have affected him this much?

She planned to find out when Sisi was asleep.

Elaine was at least happy that the little girl had opened up to her better than she had ever done. At least, they were getting somewhere, and that was good news. She could not put off marriage any longer because she had finally accepted the fact that she had fallen in love completely with this wonderful man who had come into her life. She had not thought it possible and had always believed love was a whimsical blast of silliness, something for old hags to fancy and sigh about, and not meant for a level-headed girl like herself.

Until she decided to rescue a handsome young man from the clutches of a horny widow, and suddenly, her heart was beating with an inner craving and joy that only he could impart.

Sisi was tired and had a fixed, waxy smile on her face as Elaine began to read to her, and a few minutes later, her gentle breathing bore testimony to her deep slumber. Elaine quickly covered her with the sheets, dimmed the light, regulated the air-conditioner, and silently left the room, closing the door gently behind her.

She hurried towards the bedroom, aware that her breath was coming in short bursts as her desire inflamed her. She had felt horny the whole evening, and when Chris grabbed her butt inside the supermarket, she had almost dragged him into one of the washrooms to slake her hunger.

Her fluids were already slick as she opened the door and entered, and her body tingled with the anticipation of feeling his girth sliding deliciously through her. He was not in the bedroom, but she could hear him in the bathroom.

She kicked off her shoes and pulled off her blouse. A moment later, she stepped out of her jeans, bra and panties. She bunched them up and carried them to the bathroom, dropping them absent-mindedly into the laundry basket as her eyes devoured Chris’ powerful frame as he stepped out of the Jacuzzi and reached for a towel.

Elaine’s nipples were taut as she glided towards him, and he smiled gently at her.

“You’re not taking no for an answer,” he said with a chuckle.

Elaine ripped the towel from his hands and threw it on the comfortable sofa in the far reaches of the gigantic bathroom. She linked her arms around his neck and slammed her dark, silky body into his, drawing his head down and kissing him with a guttural explosion of desire. His hands slid along the gentle curve of her back and down the lovely mounds of her buttocks and her thighs, causing her to shiver. She moaned and kissed him as her hand crept lower and curled around his stiffening desire. She gripped it tenderly, running her soft palm expertly along the head, shuddering as his tongue found the hot zones behind her ears before sliding across her throat.

Elaine inched forward and rubbed the tip of his desire inside the softness of her nether lips, firmly guiding it across her clit several times as shivers of desire rippled through her body.

His hand crept between her thighs, and she opened up, gasping as his fingers slid through her wetness and excited her drenched knobby pleasure point. His other hand roamed her breasts, his fingers massaging and sweetly killing her nipples, making them harder and hungrier as tiny spots of ecstasy rose on her wide, dark aureoles.

Her legs shook as her juices stained her inner thighs, and with a frantic grunt, she moved out of his hands and pushed him back towards the sofa in the recreational end of the bathroom, still maintaining her hold on him. Then she pushed gently him into the sofa, knelt beside him and slid her lips over his girth. She held him firmly, sliding her tongue across his head, elongating him further, gently massaging the double knobs below as her lips moved sensuously across him, making him moan with desire.

Her hands roamed across his taut belly and slid on the silky hairs on his chest.

Barely able to control the volcano rocking through her, she got up quickly and moved towards him. She gasped and opened her legs as his strong hand nestled gently on her clitoris, rubbed her lovingly and slid in, curving upwards to gently massage her G-spot. It caused her thighs to wobble as gusts of pleasure swept through her, and her juices slid over his wrist.

He worked her spot expertly, and she put a knee on the edge of the sofa to give him easier access, grabbing her breasts and tweaking her nipples as her desire soared until she finally stepped back from him and slid a silky thigh across his body. She held him and lowered herself gently, then firmly, gasping as he slid in, filling her, touching her core.

Elaine leaned forward and slid her arms around him as their lips met in an explosive kiss. She rode him furiously, bucking on top of him to extreme ends of withdrawal and immersion, loving the madness of the sanity of desire as her body succumbed to him, groaning and moaning with the depths of her enjoyment which only he could give her.

He grunted, his handsome face screwed up with pleasure as she worked her waist, riding him with a violent fervour and expertise she was only capable, giving him pleasure that she had only been able to give. His hands fell on her waist as she moaned and twirled on him, driving them towards the edge of a mutual explosion that, when it came, toppled them on the floor of the bathroom and made them grip each other almost violently as they rode the high crest of pure, breathless, joy.

Later, after a slow shower, they dried each other and returned to the bedroom where they made love again, this time gentler and deeper, and fell asleep almost immediately.